History Year 8

Attachments:

• Reasons why Germany lost the First World War.
• The Schliefflen Plan
• Why did the Schlieffen plan fail?

1. Balance
   1. TheMen were reduced by 1.5 million men by Von Moltke.
   2. The Germans did not have enougth up north
   3. They had to weaken there forces when attacking Belgium.
   4. Russia mobilised its army in ten days instead of six week.
   5. German troops had to move down to the bottom of France.
   6. French reinforcements were gathered together and sent to Marne
   7. The Germans had to send troops over to defend
   8. The French found a way to stop the Germans invading France.
2. Eastern Front
   1. The German troops did nto move further than 10km in the frontline.
   2. Many main battles happened here
   3. It was difficult for the German generals to know and what was happening to troops in attack because of lack good communicatom
   4. The Germans diverted their army to the east.
3. Exhaustion
   1. The Germans slowed down because many horses died
   2. The Germans were expected to march 30km a day.
   3. The Belgians flooded their land so it took longer to got to France
   4. They were reduced to eating food from fields like green corn and unripe fruit, which made the men and horses il
   5. They had a long way to march, which means by the time they got in France they will be worn out.
4. Resistance
   1. The Belgians destroyed the train tracks so the supplies of the German can not reach their troops.
   2. Russia was ready for action quicker than expected so German troops were diverted east
      1. They did not let Germans through
   3. The British came to help the Belgians though they were not expected.
      1. THE Belgian leader " WE ARE NOT A ROAD, WE ARE A NATION.
   4. The Battle of Mons was delayed.
      1. Belgian resistance stronger than exspected
   5. The British were much stronger than exspected
   6. The Belgian commander commanded for th fields to be flooded so it can slow down th Germans form getting to Paris, France

Attachments:

• Modern History (CAUSES OF WORLD WAR ONE)
• Causes of WW1
• Causes of WW1

1. The heir to the Austrian throne. Archduke Franz Ferdinand, is assassinated in Bosinia on 28th June.
2. The Russian army gets ready to help Serbia defend itself against the Austrian attack
3. Germany sends a demand to Russia to saty back from helping Germans.
4. Austria declares war on Serbia.
5. Germany declared war on france and invades Neutral Belgium. Britain orders Germany to withdraw from Belgium.
6. The Germans are still in Belgium. Britain declares war on Germany.
7. Germany declares war on Russia. It also begins to move its army towards France and Belgium.
8. Austria blames Serbia for the killing of Archduke Ferdinand
9. The French army is put on a war footing ready to fight any German invasion.

1. Demographic changes, 1750- 1900
   1. The death rate decreased because people were becoming more hygienic.
   2. Living conditions improved
   3. The time to get to London to Edinburgh shortened down the years.
   4. School was compulsory for all five to twelve both boys and girls.
   5. Improvements in farming.
   6. Vaccination was introduced in 1796.
   7. The birth rate increased and the death rate decreased.
   8. Women were taxed for drinking Gin. This means that the birth rate increased and the death rate decreased.
   9. The Public health act was introduced 1848 and in 1875. This was another reason why the birth rate increased and the death rate decreased because people were becoming more hygienic.
2. Cholera and John Snow.
   1. John Snow found out that Cholere was waterbourne
3. Public Health Reform

   Attachments:

   • Public Health in the 19th and 20th Centuries
   • Public Health
   • Public Health
   • Public health: 19th Century
   • Public Health (PH)
   • Public Health
   • Public Health
   • Public Health 1800-1900
   • 19th Century Public Health
   • History- Extension study- Public Health
   • Health and Housing
   • Public Health
   • Public Health
   • What improved public health?
   1. In an attempt to control the living and working environment of the people, the government aimed to improve public health by passing a number of new laws. To help you remember these Acts you can classify them in various ways: hygiene, housing, working conditions and medical care. You can also divide them into those Acts which: forced people to take action, only encouraged them to do something, set up national standards, were aimed at local governments, only dealt with one thing others included a wide range of topics.
4. Living conditions
   1. Back to back housing: Are terraced form houses, which are built in a grid system and they share a rear wall
   2. Celler Dwellings: Are one room cellars below ground level, which are damp and poorly ventilated.
   3. Privies: Are toilets, which are outside of the house
   4. Cesspools: Are containers which were used to collect human excretion.
   5. Night soil collectors are men who work at night collecting full cesspools
   6. Examples: Swage problems, pollution, houses were not built up to standards, cellar dwellings were damp, overcrowded building, dirty streets and privies were poorly built and to close to water.

1. Changes in Surgery
2. Development of medicine

1. Recruitment in the war
2. Europe in 1914